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Synopsis: release [OPTIONS] DIRECTORY

   * Alternate names - re, rel

   * Requires - Working copy

   * Changes - Working copy, CVSROOT/history

Cancels a checkout (indicates that a working copy is no longer in use).
Unlike most CVS commands that operate on a working copy, this one is not
invoked from within the working copy but from directly above it (in its
parent directory).  You either have to set your CVSROOT environment
variable or use the -d global option, as CVS will not be able to find
out the repository from the working copy.

Using release is never necessary.  Because CVS doesn't normally do
locking, you can just remove your working copy.

However, if you have uncommitted changes in your working copy or you
want your cessation of work to be noted in the CVSROOT/history file (see
the history command), you should use release.  CVS first checks for any
uncommitted changes; if there are any, it warns you and prompts for
continuation.  Once the working copy is actually released, that fact is
recorded in the repository's CVSROOT/history file.

Options:

   * -d - Deletes the working copy if the release succeeds.  Without
     -d, the working copy remains on disk after the release.


If you created any new directories inside your working copy but did not
add them to the repository, they are deleted along with the rest of the
working copy, if you specified the -d flag.